III:Small: Information Integration and Human Interaction for Indoor and Outdoor Spaces

三：小：室内外空间的信息整合与人机交互

• 批准号: 0916219
• 负责人: Michael Worboys
• 金额: $ 47.87万
• 依托单位: University of Maine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-15 至 2014-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0916219&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: III; Small; Information; Integration; Human

The goal of this research project is to provide a framework model that integrates existing models of indoor and outdoor space, and to use this model to develop an interactive platform for navigation in mixed indoor and outdoor spaces. The user should feel the transition between inside and outside to be seamless, in terms of the navigational support provided. The approach consists of integration of indoors and outdoors on several levels: conceptual models (ontologies), formal system designs, data models, and human interaction. At the conceptual level, the project draws on existing ontologies as well as examining the "affordances" that the space provides. For example, an outside pedestrian walkway affords the same function as an inside corridor. Formal models of place and connection are also used to precisely specify the design of the navigational support system. Behavioral experiments with human participants assess the validity of our framework for supporting human spatial learning and navigation in integrated indoor and outdoor environments. These experiments also enable the identification and extraction of the salient features of indoor and outdoor spaces for incorporation into the framework. Findings from the human studies will help validate the efficacy of our formal framework for supporting human spatial learning and navigation in such integrated environments. Results will be distributed using the project Web site (www.spatial.maine.edu/IOspace) and will be incorporated into graduate level courses on human interaction with mobile devices, shared with public school teachers participating in the University of Maine?s NSF-funded RET (Research Experiences for Teachers). The research teams are working with two companies and one research center on technology transfer for building indoor-outdoor navigation tools with a wide range of applications, including those for the persons with disabilities.

本研究项目的目标是提供一个整合现有室内外空间模型的框架模型，并利用该模型开发一个室内外混合空间的交互导航平台。用户应该感觉到内部和外部之间的过渡是无缝的，就所提供的导航支持而言。该方法在几个层面上包括室内和室外的集成：概念模型（本体）、正式系统设计、数据模型和人类交互。在概念层面上，该项目借鉴了现有的本体，并考察了空间提供的“可视性”。例如，室外行人通道与室内走廊具有相同的功能。地点和连接的形式化模型也被用来精确地指定导航支撑系统的设计。人类参与者的行为实验评估了我们的框架在室内和室外综合环境中支持人类空间学习和导航的有效性。这些实验还可以识别和提取室内外空间的显著特征，并将其纳入框架。人类研究的结果将有助于验证我们的正式框架在这种综合环境中支持人类空间学习和导航的有效性。研究结果将通过项目网站（www.spatial.maine.edu/IOspace）发布，并将被纳入关于人类与移动设备互动的研究生课程，与参与缅因大学(University of Maine？美国国家科学基金会资助的RET（教师研究经验）。研究小组正在与两家公司和一个研究中心合作，开发包括残疾人在内的广泛应用的室内外导航工具的技术转让。